SPD (disambiguation)

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SPD is a common acronym, it may stand for:

• Saint Patrick's Day, an international Irish and Catholic holiday.
• Serial Presence Detect, a way to store information about the RAM chips on a DIMM module.
• Shimano Pedaling Dynamics - A service mark that now defines a common type of "clipless" bicycle pedal for mountain bicycles. Shimano also sells road bicycle pedals under the mark SPD-SL, which are not compatible with the widely-known mountain bike SPD.
• Social Democratic Party of Germany
• Special Police Dekaranger, the fictional police organization in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger.
• Power Rangers: S.P.D., the 13th Power Rangers incarnation, the American counterpart to Dekaranger.
• Space Patrol Delta, the fictional organization destined to protect the universe in Power Rangers: S.P.D.
• Spectral Power Distribution, a general concept applied to a signal in mathematics and physics
• Sacramento Police Department.
• South Pacific Division of Seventh-day Adventists

[edit] Computing

• Serial Presence Detect, in computing, an EEPROM chip on a memory module that contains speed and design information about the module.

[edit] Psychology and medicine related

• Spondyloperipheral dysplasia a genetic disorder affecting bone
• Schizoid personality disorder is a personality disorder characterised by a lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency towards a solitary lifestyle, and emotional coldness.
• Schizotypal personality disorder, schizotypal disorder - personality disorder that is characterized by a need for social isolation, odd behaviour and thinking, and often unconventional beliefs such as being convinced of having extra sensory abilities.
• Sociopathic personality disorder - another name for Antisocial personality disorder
• Sadistic personality disorder
• Semantic Pragmatic Disorder - an illness from the autistic spectrum.
• Sensory Processing Disorder